Secure land rights are essential to restoring land, strengthening climate resilience, and sustaining livelihoods.
Land is the foundation of livelihoods, food security, climate resilience, and cultural identity for billions of people. Yet efforts to restore degraded land will not succeed unless the women, Indigenous Peoples, local communities, smallholder farmers, and pastoralists who depend on and steward that land have secure and equitable rights to it.
From August 17–28, 2026, Landesa and Stand for Her Land partners will participate in UNCCD COP17 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, to advance gender-equitable and socially inclusive land tenure as a foundation for Land Degradation Neutrality. Through advocacy, events, and exchanges with governments and civil society, we will elevate local leadership and share practical approaches to sustainable land-use planning, consultation and Free, Prior, and Informed Consent, climate policy, coastal tenure, and mangrove protection.
Explore the resources below to learn how secure land rights can help turn global restoration commitments into lasting results for people and planet.
Featured resources
This brief examines how sustainable land-use plans can help communities respond to climate change, manage natural resources sustainably, and address land degradation. It offers practical insights for governments, civil society, and communities, with particular attention to gender equality, social inclusion, and community agency.
This practical protocol outlines a 10-step process for integrating consultation and Free, Prior, and Informed Consent throughout the lifecycle of a carbon project. It helps practitioners safeguard community land and resource rights while addressing risks related to tenure, governance, benefit sharing, and gender inclusion.
This two-page overview explains how Landesa works with governments, civil society, and coastal communities across nine countries to strengthen coastal tenure rights, sustain livelihoods, protect mangrove forests, and mitigate climate change.
Additional guidance and country examples
This resource helps governments and their partners integrate secure, gender-equitable, and socially inclusive land tenure into Nationally Determined Contributions and their implementation. It provides a suggested process, supporting resources, and sample language for incorporating land tenure into national climate commitments.
Developed with RECOFTC-Thailand, this brief presents a practical pathway for strengthening community mangrove forest management plans. It shows how secure tenure, gender-equal participation, climate-risk analysis, and accessible decision-support tools can make local planning more inclusive, forward-looking, and responsive to environmental change.
This brief demonstrates how the value of mangrove ecosystem services can be incorporated into spatial planning for Indonesia’s intended new capital city. It offers an approach to balancing development and conservation through strengthened tenure rights, sustainable resource use, and more inclusive community engagement.
Featured events
All times are local to Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
Secure land rights are essential to restoring land, strengthening climate resilience, and sustaining livelihoods.
Land is the foundation of livelihoods, food security, climate resilience, and cultural identity for billions of people. Yet efforts to restore degraded land will not succeed unless the women, Indigenous Peoples, local communities, smallholder farmers, and pastoralists who depend on and steward that land have secure and equitable rights to it.
From August 17–28, 2026, Landesa and Stand for Her Land partners will participate in UNCCD COP17 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, to advance gender-equitable and socially inclusive land tenure as a foundation for Land Degradation Neutrality. Through advocacy, events, and exchanges with governments and civil society, we will elevate local leadership and share practical approaches to sustainable land-use planning, consultation and Free, Prior, and Informed Consent, climate policy, coastal tenure, and mangrove protection.
Explore the resources below to learn how secure land rights can help turn global restoration commitments into lasting results for people and planet.
Featured resources
This brief examines how sustainable land-use plans can help communities respond to climate change, manage natural resources sustainably, and address land degradation. It offers practical insights for governments, civil society, and communities, with particular attention to gender equality, social inclusion, and community agency.
This practical protocol outlines a 10-step process for integrating consultation and Free, Prior, and Informed Consent throughout the lifecycle of a carbon project. It helps practitioners safeguard community land and resource rights while addressing risks related to tenure, governance, benefit sharing, and gender inclusion.
This two-page overview explains how Landesa works with governments, civil society, and coastal communities across nine countries to strengthen coastal tenure rights, sustain livelihoods, protect mangrove forests, and mitigate climate change.
Additional guidance and country examples
This resource helps governments and their partners integrate secure, gender-equitable, and socially inclusive land tenure into Nationally Determined Contributions and their implementation. It provides a suggested process, supporting resources, and sample language for incorporating land tenure into national climate commitments.
Developed with RECOFTC-Thailand, this brief presents a practical pathway for strengthening community mangrove forest management plans. It shows how secure tenure, gender-equal participation, climate-risk analysis, and accessible decision-support tools can make local planning more inclusive, forward-looking, and responsive to environmental change.
This brief demonstrates how the value of mangrove ecosystem services can be incorporated into spatial planning for Indonesia’s intended new capital city. It offers an approach to balancing development and conservation through strengthened tenure rights, sustainable resource use, and more inclusive community engagement.
Featured events
All times are local to Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
Who Will Restore the Land? Stand for Her Land as a Mechanism to Achieve Gender-Just LDN
📅 Monday, August 24 | 10:30 a.m.–12 p.m.
📍 MET-02
Organized by Landesa and centered on Stand for Her Land as a mechanism for placing women’s leadership and land rights at the heart of land restoration.
Establishing a Follow-up Mechanism for the Implementation of the UNCCD Gender Action Plan
📅 Monday, August 17 | 1–2:30 p.m.
📍 MET-07
Co-organized by UNCCD, UN Women, the Kaschak Institute, and Landesa.
From Commitment to Accountability: Strengthening Land Tenure Indicators Across the Rio Conventions
📅 Saturday, August 22 | 3–4:30 p.m.
📍 MET-06
Co-organized by FAO, International Land Coalition, Landesa, TMG Research, UNCCD, and UNEP-WCMC.
People-Centered Land Governance: Cross-Caucus Dialogue on Gender Transformative Approaches to Tenure Rights
📅 Wednesday, August 26 | 6–7:30 p.m.
📍 Room to be confirmed
Co-organized by the UNCCD Youth Caucus and Landesa.
